Reel borders: Transnational Cinema in the 21st CenturyUConn will host a one-day film seminar in conjunction with the ReelIreland Film Festival on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The theme will beTransnational Cinemas. As technological developments and economic andsocial globalization come to the forefront of contemporary culturalstudies, the concept of the transnational artist becomes increasinglymore important. Themes that will be considered include but are notlimited to how nationalism is strengthened or weakened in the face ofsuch globalization, literary adaptations to film, identifying a (trans)national audience, Diasporic film, hyphenated identities and cross-cultural production.

We are seeking contributions for a commemorative collection of essays thatwill consider how The Bluest Eye has continued to influence scholarship,teaching, and creative endeavors, as well how subsequent developments inthose categories have shaped how The Bluest Eye is theorized and taught.The volume will be divided into four sections: 1) Disciplinary andTheoretical Considerations 2) Thinking About The Bluest Eye 40 Years Later:New Approaches and Scholarship 3) Re-Membering The Bluest Eye: The BluestEye as Inter-Text in Recent AA Literature 4) Pedagogical Considerations:Teaching The Bluest Eye. A major university press has expressed interest in

We are seeking contributions for a commemorative collection of essays thatwill consider how The Bluest Eye has continued to influence scholarship,teaching, and creative endeavors, as well how subsequent developments inthose categories have shaped how The Bluest Eye is theorized and taught.The volume will be divided into four sections: 1) Disciplinary andTheoretical Considerations 2) Thinking About The Bluest Eye 40 Years Later:New Approaches and Scholarship 3) Re-Membering The Bluest Eye: The BluestEye as Inter-Text in Recent AA Literature 4) Pedagogical Considerations:Teaching The Bluest Eye. A major university press has expressed interest in

The Kate Chopin International Society invites submissions focusingon â€œNew Directions in Chopin Scholarshipâ€ for two panels at the ALAConference in San Francisco in May. Approaches may include but are notlimited to:

The English Graduate Organization at the University of New Hampshirewould like to announce that it has extended the deadline for proposalsubmissions to its 2008 Graduate Conference entitled â€œChallenging Faith:Intersections of Belief and Doubt in Literature, Composition, and theProfessionâ€ to be held March 7-8. The new deadline will be December 22,2007. Papers on both religious and non-religious topics are encouraged.We intend the conference to cover all matters of â€œfaith,â€ understood inits broadest sense and look forward to a rewarding conference experiencefor all. Speakers at this yearâ€™s conference will be Patricia Bizzell,